2009年9月10日星期四

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Sex scandal further damages lawmakers' reputation (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:47 PM PDT

AP - A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses created an embarrassing distraction for lawmakers Thursday, further diverting attention from California's major policy issues in the crucial final days of their session.

SC Republican leaders vote to ask governor to quit (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:42 PM PDT

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford addresses the media at a news conference at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina September 10, 2009. 61 South Carolina House Republicans recently asked Sanford to resign after earlier reports this year surfaced about his affair with a mistress in Argentina, and investigations of his government and private, travel. REUTERS/Joshua Drake (UNITED STATES POLITICS)AP - South Carolina Republican Party leaders have voted to ask Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.

SC voters surprised by Wilson's 'You lie' outburst (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. speaks to reporters outside of his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. "You lie!" Wilson blurted out during President Barack Obama's health care address to a joint session Wednesday night, an outburst that made some supporters shudder even as others believed it could give Wilson a political boost in his conservative hometown.

ACORN fires 2 after hidden-camera footage aired (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT

AP - The group ACORN has fired two employees who were seen on hidden-camera video giving tax advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman who pretended to be a prostitute.

Suit claims Milwaukee police coerced witnesses (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:20 PM PDT

Milwuakee County Sheriffs deputies lead alleged serial killer Walter E. Ellis into court for his initial court appearance,Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, in Milwaukee. Ellis was ordered held on $1 Million bail in connection with the murders of two Milwaukee woman. Police say Ellis' DNA was found on the bodies of nine woman who were killed between 1986 and 2007. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)AP - A man who served 13 years in prison before his homicide conviction was overturned sued the city of Milwaukee and its police department Thursday, the same day authorities filed new charges against a man whose DNA they say was found on the victim.

Perry says Ranger teams to go to border (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:17 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks about border security during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 in Houston. Gov. Perry said special teams of Texas Rangers supported by about 200 Texas National Guard members will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address the problems. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday.

On 9/11, day of mourning becomes day of service (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:56 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 photo, a passerby takes a picture of a tree uprooted in Central Park after a fast-moving storm in New York, Americans planned beach cleanups, packages for soldiers and save-the-tree fundraisers along with familiar remembrances in three cities to mark eight years since the attacks of Sept. 11, the first time the anniversary was named a national day of service. Sue Katz, a tour bus guide in New York City, planned a walking tour in Central Park to raise money for the hundreds of century-old trees toppled by a recent storm. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Americans planned beach cleanups, packages for soldiers and save-the-tree fundraisers along with familiar remembrances in three cities to mark eight years since the attacks of Sept. 11, the first time the anniversary was named a national day of service.

US Muslims: backlash fear builds each 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Nancy Rokayak is shown outside her office in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Rokayak, a U.S.-born convert, has four children with her husband, who is from Egypt, and works as an ultrasound technologist. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - There is the dread of leaving the house that morning. People might stare, or worse, yell insults.

Once imprisoned Baptist pastor seeks office again (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:21 PM PDT

President Dr. William Shaw claps before giving his final address at the National Baptist Convention USA meeting in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Lance Murphey)AP - A preacher who went to prison for stealing millions of dollars from the National Baptist Convention USA was to learn Thursday whether members think he deserves a chance to once again lead the denomination.

Investigators screen tips in L.A. wildfire arson (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:38 PM PDT

AP - Investigators trying to solve a giant arson wildfire outside Los Angeles have bolstered their ranks in recent days, putting six more homicide detectives on the case as they review dozens of tips from the public about who set the blaze that has ravaged a 250-square-mile stretch of national forest.

$500K artwork given to charity returning to owner (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:25 PM PDT

AP - A valuable bronze sculpture that was donated to charity without the donor or recipient realizing its worth is going back to its owner.

Arkansas' Fortson may be disciplined over Tweet (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:44 PM PDT

AP - A spokesman says a University of Arkansas basketball player may be disciplined over a crass comment posted on the Internet as police investigated his teammates after a female student claimed she was raped at a party.

Traficant: I could have been hurt while in prison (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:08 PM PDT

AP - A former Ohio congressman who was freed after seven years in federal prison said he was put in jeopardy behind bars because of his views.

Judge delays coach killing trial pending ruling (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Mark Becker looks toward the judge during his mental competency hearing Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 in Mason City, Iowa. Becker, 24, is charged with first-degree murder for the June 24 shooting of Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas. (AP Photo/The Waterloo Courier, Matthew Putney)AP - Experts agreed Thursday that a man accused of killing a popular high school football coach hallucinates and suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, but they offered different opinions on whether he is mentally fit to stand trial.

2 charged in 1975 American Indian Movement slaying (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:53 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2009 file photo shows John Graham talking to media outside of a court in Vancouver, Canada. John Graham and Richard Marshall were to stand trial Oct. 6 in federal court on charges they committed or aided and abetted the murder of Annie Mae Aquash near Wanblee. But late Wednesday, the federal judge granted a prosecution request for another delay. Federal prosecutors have until Sept. 25 to decide whether to ask for a rehearing on the dismissal of one of the three counts against Graham and said they can't proceed on the two remaining charges until that appeal is resolved. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chuck Stoody, File)AP - A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group's leaders suspected she was a government informant.

Arms dealer charged in smuggling pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:28 PM PDT

AP - A Belgian arms dealer has pleaded not guilty in an Alabama courtroom to charges of trying to smuggle fighter jet parts to Iran.

Judge won't void King deputy's incest conviction (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:04 PM PDT

AP - A judge has declined to throw out the incest conviction of a former top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. who died while his appeal was pending.

Yale student disappears days before wedding (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:46 PM PDT

In this undated photo released by Yale University shows Annie Le. Connecticut State Police are using search dogs as they try to find the Yale graduate student missing since Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009. Twenty-four-year-old Le planned to get married Sunday. (AP Photo/ Courtesy of Yale University)AP - Police used search dogs and reviewed security camera footage as they tried to find a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student who vanished less than a week before her wedding.

Marijuana farming rebounds in economic hard times (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:42 PM PDT

Kentucky State Trooper Curtis Pingleton ties string around a bundle of marijuana cut Wed., July 22, 2009 from a hillside near Barbourville, Ky. The demand for domestically grown marijuana is at a record high, in part because stricter border control has made it more difficult to import pot from Mexico. (AP Photo/Roger Alford)AP - Machete-wielding police officers have hacked their way through billions of dollars worth of marijuana in the country's top pot-growing states to stave off a bumper crop sprouting in the tough economy.

Hurricanes Fred weakens far off in Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:56 PM PDT

This September 9, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite handout image shows Hurricane Fred located west of the Cape Verde Islands. Tropical storm Linda, roiling in the Pacific, was upgraded to hurricane strength as Hurricane Fred weakened in the eastern Atlantic to a Category Two storm, US forecasters said Wednesday.(AFP/NOAA-HO/Ho)AP - Hurricane Fred has weakened to a Category 1 storm far off in the Atlantic, while Hurricane Linda continues its trek far out in the Pacific.

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